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γένεσις
γένεσις γίγνομαι an origin, source, productive cause, Il.:— a beginning, in dual, τοῖν γενεσίοιν, Plat. manner of birth, Hdt.: race, descent, Hdt.; γένεσιν by descent, Soph. production, generation, opp. to φθορά, Plat., etc. creation, created things, Plat. a race, kind, family, Plat. a generation, age, Plat.

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an origin, source, productive cause

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γένεσις
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γένεσις
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γενεσις
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γένεσις γίγνομαι an origin, source, productive cause, Il.:— a beginning, in dual, τοῖν γενεσίοιν, Plat. manner of birth, Hdt.: race, descent, Hdt.; γένεσιν by descent, Soph. production, generation, opp. to φθορά, Plat., etc. creation, created things, Plat. a race, kind, family, Plat. a generation, age, Plat.
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6822
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n6826
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ge/nesis

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